La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, November 18, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text. j YOLCMS VIII. LA GRANDE, UNION COCNTT, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER IH, lltua. M'MBEU 4a. APPLE CROP IS : IICIEIY EARLY ESTIMATES SEEM TO BE SLIGHTLY OVERDRAWN, Over Half of Cove's Apple Crop In Shipped oncl 0 lVr Cent of the Whole l Contracted for Pick Only the Very Rest This Year Much Tucking at Villon La Grande's Crop Rut Link' Short of Estimates Many Cain Ordered. . Considerably over half Cove's apple crop has been shipped up to date. The prices' which the shipments are bringing vary considerably and aa few of the lots were sold direct. It la hard to mention an average figure. A great per cent of the 'sales were made on consignment. , . Lurx Percentage Contracted.1 About 90 per cent of the crop at Cove and Union, too, has been con tracted for, the deals calling only forj the very best grade, which Is in con trast' to last year when everything was picked and sold at varying prices, ranging with the class. This week will nee about t0 per cent of the entire Cove cup on Us way to Denver, wherrf a shipping point for most of the Coye crop appears to bo located. Hard to Ascertain Figures, As to segregating the Cove ship ments from Union's crop In order to learn the exact shipments up to date, ' it Is hardly possible at this time on v account of the fact that ao much of the packing was done at Union , tne vovo. mn-mrs were oiui'i'vrw w , Union In bulk In a large number of mi. , ..1,1... ..A , ,i Instances and there packed and sent out with Union shipments. The rec ords at the Union freight office will ' show the segregation. .Crop Overestimated. Early Indications pointed to an enor mous crop at Cove' this year, but the estimations were exaggerated, as Is plainly evident now vhen the picking and shipping is so far advanced. How- . - , Mt .. .1 . . . un ...It! ttlvkc ever, iuuii auu mint uwi .. w....a the bulk to a point where It Is as a snntrai avnrsw: it Is below last year's bumper crop, but on a par with other average years. Not So In La Grande. The overesttmatlon Is not so marked In La Grande. In this section of the valley shipments are progressing dally, and indications point to about 60 per cent of the early estimates. This Is very encouiii I "uCc cf the' eminent estimation for this year's ap ple crop, that stands at a trifle more than 52 per cent -Not Overgrown. All ,V. ..allot, ilu VfiBf tVlArp are but few exceptionally large speci mens, but the grade is, as a rule, ex cellent. The early frosts last spring are responsible for this. Various Estimates. ; Earlv In the summer, It was con servatively estimated that the total apple crop for the valley would range between 350 and 375 cars. With lest cars than estimated at Cove, and similar conditions on less marked scale In La Grande and vicinity, this esti mate will fall short a trifle. It Is still too early to consistently estimate the number of cars, though many persist In affirming that the entire county will produce about 800 cars. v Cars In Demand. Orders for 21 refrigerator cars arc ' now la the hands of the O. P.. & N. In this city alone, demonstrating what what proportions .apple shipments have assumed In a local way. ' Imbler orders are Included In this batch. ' Gas Near Durkee. 4 Taker City. Nov, 18. Accord- lug to a report which reached here today, natural gas was dls- 4 covered a half mile above Dur- kee on the Albert Minoman property. Hindman Is now sinking a well. The gas was found while boring for an arte- sian welt 4 4 4 French. Auto Sulon. . ' Paris, Nov. IS. Preparations ".. are going rapidly forward for the open ing of the annual French Automobile salon on the last day of the month. The affair will be by ar the greatest motor car show ever held anywhere. Tar C;-fchiwtf :ii.tr,--'i mobile, clubs will hold a special ses slon on November 30, to consider the unification of automobile laws. In or der 'to render International touring a convenient as possible. At present. the widely varying motoring laws of the different countries of Europe makes motoring a troublesome and an noying pastime. American tourists are especially Interested In the movement for a unification of the statutes. TOTAL OE $1,514,000 EOH COL LUMBIA RIVER IMPROVEMENT Washington,' Nov, 18. Fifty million dollars is the aggregate appropriation recommended by Brigadier General William Marshall, chief engineer of the army, for work on rivers, harbor and fortifications of the coming fiscal year In his annual report submitted to ho w department today. Some of the more Important esti mates are: Oregon, Washington , for Columbia river, $1,164,000. Colum bia river, r.iouth. ?450,000. . Gray Harbor. $181,000. ,Pu get Sound, $130, 000 and Tacoma harbor, $40,000, ' To Fight 111 Denver. ; ; Denver, Nov. .18. Otto Floto, the prominent circus man,! and sporting editor of a Denver paper, has been given permission to pull off one good lightweight contest In the "mile high" city, and Packy McFarland and "Fighting DieU".HyIand will probably be the principals In .the contest. De cember 18, a month from today, will probably be the date bf the - battle. The mill Is scehduled to go 20 rdunds. Denver sports are eager to see a good fight and If the affair Is successfully arranged, a monster crowd will doubt less witness the battle between the Chicago and San Francisco lads. ' Apples Two Bite Apiece, Washington, Nov. 18. According to tariff commissioners, Oregon apples are selling in Washington hotels at 25 cents apiece. 1 - iirit rnupnrc UllUL UUIIII Ultu FEDERATIflR WILL CELE LINCQLN DAY : . Denver, Nov. 18. It is ' reported here that President Roosevelt will send a special Invitation to Gompers and the members of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor to dine' with him before be sends hi message on "Labor" to congress, : The morning proceedings of the Federation convention devolved chief ly to jurisdictional squabbles. An acrimonious debate was precip itated by the report of the commit tee on adjustment which suggested the dispute between the International As sociation of machinists and Elevator Construction workers be referred to the executive board for final action. , Delegate Geeney protested such a move." James O'Conmll, president ol the Machinists, replied with a declara tion that he had been charged by tils own association whh having "laid down," when he really did his best to i-c.:t a dilute frw. b"'s broueht Into the convention- Resolutions Urg ing every labor union In the United States to hold a special celebration In honor of the Lincoln centennial in 1909 was adopted unanimously. . APPHTI Fl RIVER LARGE 10 n FEAST OPEN WAR Oil CHIEF OF POLICE SAX FRANCISCO READY ' TO rHOSECCTE BIGGEY. lucompcteitcy Is Charge Against t an Francisco's Chief of Polk-c Open Clash Between Burns and Chief Lasl Evening Next Meeting of Police CoinmlxMoners Will Sloan Heated Conflict, Centered Against ; Alleged '; Neglect In Ciller. . ' San Francisco, Nov.' 18. Several citizens aro today preparing charges of Incompetency against Chief of Po lice Blggey at the next meeting of the police commissioners, according to De tective Burns. Charges arc the out growth of the suicide of Haas, the would-be assassin of Heney. It: Is charged the police were negligent In guarding Haas. '."','..' Burns and Blggey Clash. A verbal encounter between Attor ney J. J. Webbr representing Blggey, and District Attorney Langdon .and Detectives Burns occurred yesterday after, .the coroner & Jury viewed the , body of Haas, 'and . witnessed the demonstrations of a possibility of hid ing a Derlnger pistol In the shot of the dead man. ; Webb objected , to Burns questioning ' Detective Tom Burke, who assisted Burns in the first , search of Kaas. In the wrangle which' resulted Langdon charged Blggey with attempting to block the Investigation. Less Fear of Disorder. Fewer guards were about the court this morning whan the Ruef flal was resumed. At the beginning the Judge admonished the jurors that they must pay no attention to Friday's shooting. He declared the "transaction" Is en tirely outside or the ,. Issues In . the trial. The court told the Jury about the shooting and Haas' suicide. Judge Gallagher, a leader of the boodling su pervisors, was the first witness to be cross-examined. He told the whole story of graft on direct examination. Gallagher Is Cnww-Examlned. . The first question asked by Attorney Ach for Ruefr, was whether the wit ness talked with the new attorneys for the prosecution. ,He said he had at tended a conference of attorneys for the prosecution, and that they gave him a copy of his testimony at the last trial. ' . :'; - ',. litlk to Break Defense. Ach led Gallagher over h!3 enilre period of at(Uatntance with eao.j mem ber of the loodllng board bf smervlt irs who will te witnesses agal vt R.uf. On several occasions Ach .n-Hrupted the wltncs , saying his testlm my todav was different from the testimony of former trials. Ach failed to broaic '.own his testimony. Heney Improving Slowly. , T.'ito.at reports continue to show a ! ;tady Improvement In the condition "f Heney. No visitors are allowed. Heney Is now able to take only liquid nourishment, solids being denied owing to the position of the wound. - Cowardly Assast-lu 1'nder the Sod. San Francisco, Nov. 18. Attended by just a few friends and his four children,' the body of Haas, who tried to assassinate F. J. Heney, was given Its last rites today at the late home. The ceremonies were conducted by Paid Eagle Tribe No. 75, Redmen, of which he was a member. The rabbis of the church of which Haas was a member, refused to conduct the serv ices. To Honor Milton. New York, Nov. 18. Arrangements are being made by the trustees, facul ty and students of Columbia universi ty for a formal celebration on Decem ber 9 of the anniversary of the birth of John Milton. The centennial of the I Irth of Edgar Allen Pop will also be observed at the university on January 19 next Conley Not In Boise. Portland, Nov. 18. After following a clue that A. B. Conley, the fugitive from justice is hiding In Boise, the L'nlted Press ennounced today that there Is no trace o the Grande Ronde valley wheat "king" In that city. SINNER DEPICTS HIS DOWNFALL ; , y -v , j, y,:. ,f.r, ,., CONFESSED 1URGER OF A MILLION WRITES COM3IENTARY. Peter Van Vllssengcn, Who Confessed and Was Sentenced fur' Forgeries Amounting to a Million Dollars, Re flect Ills Own Lire's Career In Thai of Another Is a Matter of the l'lrel Sin Growing to Enormity Not to Disclose Victims. Chicago, Nov. 18. A Temarkable commentary, Which mostly applies to his own career, was today found In the effects of Peter Van Vllssenbon, the confessed forger of deeds amount ing to nearly'a million dollars. ' The book was written as a comment on the career of Paul O. StenHtand, the Chi cago bank wrecker, who Is now In prison. Van Vllssengen wrote: "It Is not to be supposed that Stensland deliber ately resolved to rob poor people who trusted him. His downfal begins with trivial Irregularity. Again, you yield to temptation and find you have done nobody except yourself harm, you go on, and finally you are forced to choose between forgery and the wreck of fond hopes. The time comes when hope of restitution 1? 'gone, and the defaulter faces conviction as a common felon. .' He chooses whether to . pass the remainder of his Hfo as a fugitive or to make a clean breast of it and serve a Justly earned sentence." . The receiver says he will not reveal the names of Van Vllssengen's vic tims unless he Is forced to do so. v FOUND IUfS MAN. " Sheriff Adams of Welser irresU Wil liam Newman. Monday night Sheriff Adams of Wei ser stepped off the train In La Grande in search of William Newman, who was supposed to be In . the Grande Ronde valley, and for whom a warrant has been out for some time charging him with a statutory crime committed In the state of Idaho. This morning, In company with Sheriff Chllders, Sheriff Adams visited the George Con ley farm In the valley, and captured their man. William Newman is a son of Samuel Newman, who was formerly a resident of this valley. Young New man Is only 18 years of age, and in fact, hardly looks that old. He will be taken to Welser on the train to night. . .".', UUItTfAFtli rnp hi ii CHICAGO DEMOCRACY WILL EE BLESSED WITH DAILY PAPER Chicago, Nov. 18. lndcfinfte plans are announced today for the establish ment of a democratic paper in this city. According to prominent dt-mf -crats five capitalists have agreed to aland an annual loss of $25,000 each for two years. This will give the pa per 10 years In which to become firm ly established, Chicago has no news paper which fights for the democratic principles. WILL SITE STOCK HOLDS It. Depositor Allege Tii:t Millionaire Actor W'n lssM i:-'tl to Bliiiue. San Francisco, Nov. 13. Richard llotallng. the eupltallet and actor, is arranging to combat the suits filed against him by II depositors in the de funct California Safe Deposit & Trust oiany. t;r- 8713-!" Th-y a'lege that s a stockholder In the Institution he was partly liable for the failure. Shortly. before the failure - HotaUng purchased 200 shares at $150 each. iMnv r TV 111 hIIiUI U 1 1 Flood RcKrls Exaggerated. Belllngham, Nov. li. Today's re ports from the towns along Nooksack and Sknglt rivers Indicate the early report of tho flood was exaggerated. The two rivers are higher than they have been for some, time,, but the K:.v-...'v;:.ii'o:'?;j,Jvv;vc,r;i7v?'v w la reoeding. Charged With Embezzlement, Sedro-Wooley, ' Wash., Nov. 18. Charged with the embesilement bf $800 D. N. Stearns, an agent for a sewing machine company, was arrest ed. The specific charge Is that Stearns appropriated funds he collected. He was released on bonds. I PEACE PREVAILS III TIE ORIENT MOTHEE BUI COMES TO THE JIB OF EXCHANGES THAT TREMBLE Pekln, Nov. 18. The great China bank today supplied $500,000 to' the exchange banks which were In diffi culty Blnce the deaths of the dowager empress and emperor, : The exchange banks suspended payments yesterday because of the' wild rumors of revo lutions being 1mm Incut. . : Tokio, Nov. 18. The Japanese min ister at Pekln today cabled the for eign department here that peace pre vails. The new government officials are trying to avoid an uprising. Oh, Grief! Carrie Is Leaving. New York, Nov. 18. Our Carrie, wheos a-going to take eBmboat and sail awa-a-a-y, The Scotch highball Is doomed. Our" gain j Is Scotland's loss. And much more to the same gen eral effect. Listen: On the passenger list of a trans Atlantic liner, due to sail next Satur day, appears the name of Carrie Na tion. Sure, It Is "the" Carrie Nation, the Kansas tornado, the Oklahoma ty phoon, the saloon smasher, the lady with the hatchet and the big voice, And she is going to Scotland to re form that section of King $3dward'a domain. '- ' . ' ' "The prohibitionists of - Scotland have called me and I must go," says Carrie. "Before I leave, I hope to see every drop . of : the damnable Scotch whisky poured Into the gutters," says she. "Not as how Scotch whisky Is any worse than any other kind," ad mitted Carrie, "but over In Scotland a great many people consider whisky i'.vIIUns "Jw',,,,,. hv md to be told a few things," declares Carrie, with the air of one who feels able to tell Vm, "Why, even church people drink booze in Scotland," asserts the smnsher. In a tone of horror. Mrs. Nation thinks that the rum demon Is on the run In the United States, and she believes this country can spare her a little while In order that , she may carry glad tidings of prohibition to more sinful lands. When she comes back to America, STOP THE FIRST COUGH . Early fall coughs often pave the way. for many later ones, by, set ting up a chronic Inflammation of the air passages. Cure the first cough promptly and rightly and you will thus be taking precautions against liability to later annoyances and -danger. For any kind of a cough at any time, we know of nothing better than NewiiiYs White Pine Expectorant It Is a remedy that we can highly recommend, because It cures In the right way, and Its value has been demonstrated by years of use. Price 25 and 30 Ccnl. NEWLIN DRUG CO LA GRANDE; ORE. DIE ill ISA llll I MP Ml SUDDEN CHANGE IN ROCKE- FELLER'S ATTITCDli Before Appearing on WUncws Stand In Dissolution Suit, Oil King Read t'p On Ills Own Business No Longer 'Don't Know," But a Free Discourse Of Questions Tut to Him Explain Formation and Growth of Powerful Oil Trust. New York, Nov. 18. Rockefeller la today spending his time reading upon letters and documents on file at ' hla . office to refresh his memory so that When he takes the stand at the hear ing' now on In the federal court, ho will be able to answer something In stead of "Don't remember" or "Don't know." Morris Rosenthal, who hna the direction of the defense, Is said to be coaching Rockefeller, who will ba asked on the stand concerning the al--. leged war waged by the Standard OH on competitors In Ohio. Cnllctl and Talks. . Rockefeller, with trembling steps, took, the stand and, with faltering voice' today replied to questions before Com missioner Franklin Ferris In the gov ernment suit to dissolve the Standard OH company of New Jersey. i When he arrived at the federal building he was greeted by 100 re-; porters and 60 photographers. He tes tified that his connection with the Standard began not later than 1802, . and not earlier than 18C0. He guvo the history of (, the formation and progress of the company. . Mrs. Nation says she will begin a war fare on tobacco that will make the growersmanufacturers, sellers and users of the filthy weed sit up and take notice. '. NO DECISION RENDERED. Successful Bidder for M. M. Co, t Be Announced Saturday. Upon opening the bids today for the construction of the large two-story building for the M. Sc M. company, It was ascertained that one or two bide there were expected to arrive had not done so and the matter of awarding . the contract will - be : deferred until Saturday. .:- ,V ' Fred Holmes, who Is president of , the company, Is delighted with the progress made so far. and Is anxious to have the building completed at the earliest possible date. Architect Rob ert Millet stated today . that,- if ; the; weather did not Interfere in the build-"-Ing, It could be under cover In 60 daya. This, of course, does not mean the completed structure, simply the walls and the roof. c. - Inhales Gas. San Francisco, Nov. 18. Despond ent because he. was unable to secure employment. P. J. Manning, formerly a politician, killed himself this morn ing by Inhaling gas. - SS I' I? i I ' a.